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Iceland Clonmel to Close

  • 19-07-2014 8:02pm
    #1
    Barnet
    Registered Users Posts: 107 ✭✭


    Learned this afternoon, store to close within four weeks!


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  • #2
    touts
    Registered Users Posts: 6,430 ✭✭✭touts


    Barnet wrote: »
    Learned this afternoon, store to close within four weeks!

    Pity but not surprised. The rest of the centre could be packed and even at christmas I never saw more than 4 or 5 people wandering around in there. Hopefully they will get a decent replacement for that large unit.


  • #3
    freshpopcorn
    Registered Users Posts: 30,140 ✭✭✭✭freshpopcorn


    I don't think Iceland ever really took off Ireland compared to the UK. I think the one in Ashbourne also closed. I remember I was looking forward to Iceland opening and I was disappointed with it.


  • #4
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭[Deleted User]


    Iceland far too specialised when you consider you could get the same stuff and more in the likes of Aldi and Lidl for as cheap or perhaps even cheaper. They were never going to compete against the one stop shops and especially now also that Euro shops are gone very big like small supermarkets. The first signs were probably there when the UK parent company took over the Irish franchises recently. They had also failed previously in the mid-noughties i believe.

    Sad day for the workers. Hope they can find something else soon


  • #5
    tippspur
    Registered Users Posts: 4,057 ✭✭✭tippspur


    Iceland has said they could not get a better deal on the rent so are pulling out,but also said if they can get a another suitable premises somewhere in the Town they would consider opening up again, so all may not be lost.the old Tesco off Mary street car park might be a good spot for them maybe.


  • #6
    meoklmrk91
    Registered Users Posts: 4,085 ✭✭✭meoklmrk91


    I went once and wasn't a fan tbh, found it all to be pretty poor quality stuff. Handy of you are having a party for canapés but that's about it really.


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  • #7
    digzy
    Registered Users Posts: 3,049 ✭✭✭digzy


    freshpopcorn wrote: »
    . I remember I was looking forward to Iceland opening and I was disappointed with it.

    Just outa curiosity, why were you looking fwd to it opening? Personally I think lidl/aldi etc stock anything that Iceland would have


  • #8
    freshpopcorn
    Registered Users Posts: 30,140 ✭✭✭✭freshpopcorn


    digzy wrote: »
    Just outa curiosity, why were you looking fwd to it opening? Personally I think lidl/aldi etc stock anything that Iceland would have

    I suppose it was close enough to Christmas and we got a catalogue in the post that made them look good. They did have more frozen food than Lidl/Aldi. It was just nothing to write home about.


  • #9
    holyhead
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,249 ✭✭✭holyhead


    Was in the Showgrounds today first time in I guess over a year. Sad to see Iceland are gone. Looks like Crunch is closing too. A euro save shop is also closing.


  • #10
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭[Deleted User]


    holyhead wrote: »
    Was in the Showgrounds today first time in I guess over a year. Sad to see Iceland are gone. Looks like Crunch is closing too. A euro save shop is also closing.


    Is that 2,4,6,8,10? Same owners as Crunch afaik. Crunch were good. Its an awful pity. Hopefully they can relocate or something.


  • #11
    GerJaxon
    Closed Accounts Posts: 27 ✭GerJaxon


    tipp_Gunner wrote: »
    Is that 2,4,6,8,10? Same owners as Crunch afaik. Crunch were good. Its an awful pity. Hopefully they can relocate or something.
    yes 2,4,6,8,10 and Crunch- both going


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  • #12
    julyjane
    Registered Users Posts: 1,056 ✭✭✭julyjane


    I heard about 2 4 6 8 10 going but didn't realise Crunch also. I was there the other day and it looked bad 3 units outside closed up - Fine Wines gone too. And the units on either side of 2 4 6 8 10 also vacant, so the whole corner where Iceland was. I heard that H&M are going in there but don't know how true it is or maybe negotiations are at an early stage. It would be great for the centre and for Clonmel if they did. And my wardrobe.


  • #13
    digzy
    Registered Users Posts: 3,049 ✭✭✭digzy


    julyjane wrote: »
    I heard about 2 4 6 8 10 going but didn't realise Crunch also. I was there the other day and it looked bad 3 units outside closed up - Fine Wines gone too. And the units on either side of 2 4 6 8 10 also vacant, so the whole corner where Iceland was. I heard that H&M are going in there but don't know how true it is or maybe negotiations are at an early stage. It would be great for the centre and for Clonmel if they did. And my wardrobe.

    I'd bet the mortgage that h&m won't be going in there!


  • #14
    Maymack
    Registered Users Posts: 77 ✭✭Maymack


    Heard H&M was to open in the empty units that formally housed Iceland & 246810 shop, but deal fell through. Its amazing that the landlords of showgrounds couldn't do a deal with Iceland to keep the shop open. They'd rather up the rent & force them out. Now they are left with whole corner of empty units after you pass Rockin Joes down to Sam McCauley's. The shopping centre is 6 years old. Should be full by now.


  • #15
    GoldFour4
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 4,951 Mod ✭✭✭✭GoldFour4


    Maymack wrote: »
    Heard H&M was to open in the empty units that formally housed Iceland & 246810 shop, but deal fell through. Its amazing that the landlords of showgrounds couldn't do a deal with Iceland to keep the shop open. They'd rather up the rent & force them out. Now they are left with whole corner of empty units after you pass Rockin Joes down to Sam McCauley's. The shopping centre is 6 years old. Should be full by now.

    It's such poor business from the owners. Simple logic would dictate that you get quality shops in there to increase footfall for the first couple of years and do deals on rent. Then you use the stats regarding footfall to get a possible hike after that. if H&M were interested they should have done whatever they could to get them into the store. That corner in particular is just a disaster considering it's the first thing people see when they walk into the store.


  • #16
    Maymack
    Registered Users Posts: 77 ✭✭Maymack


    I really don't understand what the management are trying to do there. It has huge potential to be a first class shopping centre in the South East. Only a few years ago they wanted to extend the shopping centre into the old barlo radiator site. Sounds foolish now considering they can't fill the existing building.


  • #17
    Loughc
    Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 24,710 Mod ✭✭✭✭Loughc


    malistheman wrote: »
    It's such poor business from the owners. Simple logic would dictate that you get quality shops in there to increase footfall for the first couple of years and do deals on rent.

    Greed always wins over logic!


  • #18
    TheManFromTipp
    Closed Accounts Posts: 103 ✭✭TheManFromTipp


    It looks bad to have all the empty spaces on the way in to M&S...Shame really.


  • #19
    Maymack
    Registered Users Posts: 77 ✭✭Maymack


    Definitely needs another large store to fill all that space left vacant. Think Smyths Toys or Next would fit in well there.


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